Day 257 of Indian places making you smile – the textile city of Ahmedabad
Day 257 of Indian places making you smile – the textile city of Ahmedabad. As a teenager the memory of my visit to Ahmedabad is about walking through rows and rows of textile stores and excitedly buying dress materials for college wear. Years later, I visited Ahmedabad again on official work to conduct a training […]
Day 256 of Indian places making you smile – the holy city of Amritsar
Day 256 of Indian places making you smile – the holy city of Amritsar After an interesting drive across the prosperous state of Punjab, I was looking forward to visit it’s most holy city- Amritsar. As I entered the hallowed premises of the world famous Golden temple, I made extra efforts to ensure that my head […]
Day 255 of Indian places making you smile – The Peace pagoda at Dauligiri
Day 255 of Indian places making you smile – The Peace pagoda at Dauligiri Our next stop on the Orissa road trip was at Dauligiri. This is the site of the famous Kalinga war about which we had learnt so much in our school history text books. It was here that many people lost their […]
Day 254 of Indian places making you smile – the simplicity of the Rural Kendrapara district
Day 254 of Indian places making you smile – the simplicity of the Rural Kendrapara district On the last day of our trip to Orissa, we got to see a rural side of the state that was not seen by many tourists. We had a long drive on the state highway and stopped only to […]
Day 253 of Indian places making you smile – the birthplace of Saint Jalaram Bapu – Virpur
Day 253 of Indian places making you smile – the birthplace of Saint Jalaram Bapu – Virpur As we drove on the National highway on the way to Rajkot, we stopped at Virpur which is the birthplace of the holy saint Jalaram Bapu. This was my second visit to the place as four years ago […]
Day 252 of Indian places making you smile – the lake at Karnal
Day 252 of Indian places making you smile – the lake at Karnal We had a long drive on the good roads of the National Highway also famously known as the Grand Trunk road. It was time to stop for an authentic local breakfast and we selected a roadside ‘dhaba’ at Karnal. We relished our […]
Day 251of Indian places making you smile – The blue city of Jodhpur
Day 251of Indian places making you smile – The blue city of Jodhpur In 2006, the papers were filled with news about the marriage of Elizebeth Hurley with Arun Nayyar. I was more interested in the beauty of the place in which they got married. One week later my we would ourselves staying in one […]
Day 250 of Indian places making you smile – The village of creative artisans Pipli
Day 250 of Indian places making you smile – The village of creative artisans Pipli Our first stop just 40 kms away was at the Pipili appliqué village. As the name suggested this was the place that could be considered as the origin of the colourful appliqué work done by the local community called the […]
Day 249 of Indian places making you smile –The city of the old fort Junagadh
Day 249 of Indian places making you smile –The city of the old fort Junagadh After driving through the Girnar hills we found ourselves at Junagadh which literally means old fort. And we had time to see just one important sight-seeing attraction of this place- an actual ancient fort called Uperkot. We entered the massive […]
Day 248 of Indian places making you smile – The holy place of Saint Raghavendra – Mantralaya
Day 248 of Indian places making you smile – The holy place of Saint Raghavendra – Mantralaya Probably 40 years ago, as a child I remember my grandfather praying loudly to Shri Raghavendra Swamiji. The picture of the Saint in the Gods room and the loud chanting of him chanting the following mantra still rings […]